Halloween 2012

 Two monkeys and a butterfly waiting patiently for candy

Halloween was a low-key affair for us this year.  To make things simple, I convinced Evie to use her bluebird wings from her ballet recital this spring for a costume.  She decided to be a butterfly, and a beautiful butterfly she was.  We made some antenna to complete the outfit.  The boys, I had decided, would be Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Cat in the Hat.  I made red t-shirts and everything.  Zevon and Guthrie decided otherwise.  They had worn their t-shirts earlier in the day at daycare for their Halloween parade.  But when they got home they would not put their thing shirts back on.  Would.  Not.  A happy halloween picture in costume was not going to happen.  So, I put their monkey hats on instead and called it good.  I had to get over the fact I spent an afternoon getting the computer to print the iron-on transfers and making it all look nice.  Oh, well.

We enjoyed a warm day for trick-or-treating.  We took the kids around the block, and that was about all the boys wanted.  We taught them to say 'trick-or-treat' but at each door, Zevon would just say "Please?" and Guthrie would grab the candy and run. 

 Evie testing out her wings

Trick OR treat?  Hmmmm....

 Evie pointing out her jack-o-lantern (far right).  She designed it, scooped out the guts, and let me do the cutting.  Will and I did our own pumpkin carving with some 'help' from the boys.

 Guthrie: "Put the candy in here and no one gets hurt."  

Zevon: "Candy, please? Please? Candy? Please?"

Weeks later, the boys now will now wear their Halloween shirts.  Will caught a picture with his iPad.  At least I have proof that these would have been awesome costumes.  Thankfully I didn't spend days on the shirts.  Note, next year I will NOT be making elaborate costumes.

Thing 1 Zevon, Thing 2 Guthrie